News and articles
Coop Szolnok allowed to purchase Héliker
Date: 2009-06-24 00:08:00
The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) gave Coop Szolnok the permission to purchase Héliker Commercial Ltd. Coop Szolnok has entered into a contract with Héliker on 5th March 2009 to obtain...
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Volt and Balaton Sound may bring hundreds of millions for the budget
Date: 2009-06-24 00:07:30
In spite of the recession, both festivals organized by Sziget Office are increasingly popular: the interest in Volt has not seen much of a decline, whereas Balaton Sound faces a...
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Danone's 123 million new shares are of great interest
Date: 2009-06-24 00:07:00
France-based Danone had sold 123.2 million new shares for 24.73 euros each, now 5.5 billion bookings have been counted at the auction in Paris. The company had raised 3.05 billion...
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GfK Hungária is a Business Superbrand yet again, for the second time
Date: 2009-06-24 00:06:00
GfK Hungária has become a Business Superbrand yet again in 2009: the market research company has been selected to be among the best brands of the business sector (B2B) for...
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Pasta-factory in Verpelét for French and Italian export
Date: 2009-06-24 00:03:00
French-owned ASIAFOOD Ltd. is planning to open a factory in order to produce frozen pasta in Heves county, in the village of Verpelét – as announced by MTI. According to...
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Wage boost at Kométa
Date: 2009-06-24 00:01:00
More than 500 employers are affected by the wage boost taking place from July at Kométa Ltd. The wage boost is of 3-4 percent, depending on the basic wage and...
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The winners of Rauch Hungária's prize game go to Croatia
Date: 2009-06-24 00:00:20
Rauch Hungária Ltd. has launched two great customer promotions and now – in co-operation with a number of retails – organizes a prize-game, offering interesting, exciting gifts. The Rauch IceT...
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VAT-war goes on: OKSZ denies its responsibility
Date: 2009-06-23 00:15:00
OKSZ (National Commercial Association) denies the assumption that they abuse producers' market strength when it comes to the VAT-rise. Hungarian food producers have made their complaints at the Commercial Competition...
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Drink makers afraid of VAT-changes
Date: 2009-06-23 00:13:00
While certain areas of the Hungarian alcoholic beverages market will hardly be affected by tax changes, other segments may suffer greatly. Csaba Horváth, secretary general of Hegyközségek Nemzeti Tanácsa said...
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Many prizes at the 10. VinAgora International Wine Competition
Date: 2009-06-23 00:09:00
Since it was founded in 1992, VinAgora has risen to become one of the 10 most respected competitions in the profession worlwide – this year the competition took place in...
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Hungarian beach-festival with special-offer tickets
Date: 2009-06-23 00:08:00
One single special-offer ticket is valid for 9 days for 100 swimming-pools, aquaparks, beaches, thermal-and spa baths: the beach-festival organized by Hungarian Tourism Ltd. starts on 27th June and closes...
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Cadybury's success: chocolate getting more popular in Britain
Date: 2009-06-23 00:07:00
Britain's major chocolate producer Cadbury is very likely to fulfill its business plans for the year as Brits are buying more and more chocolate, while US traffic is about to...
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Ocado launches automatic re-order software
Date: 2009-06-23 00:06:00
Online grocery delivery firm Ocado is currently in the process of developing software that can predict when a household needs to re-order a particular product and will add it to...
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Tesco with a debt of net 10 billion pounds
Date: 2009-06-23 00:05:25
Tesco Plc’s decade of international expansion has pushed debt ratios at the U.K.’s largest retailer to record levels, endangering the company’s credit rating and sparking a backlash from fund managers...
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Carrefour entering Russian market
Date: 2009-06-23 00:04:00
Carrefour has established its first outlet in Russia. The company opened a hypermarket in a shopping centre in the capital Moscow. The grocery retailer has leased 14,300 square metres of...
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Sensation – departing client contact director
Date: 2009-06-23 00:02:00
László Farkas, former client contact director of Sensation Event Marketing is leaving his poisition starting from 19th June and starting his new position as the manager of Claybird Group. Fazekas...
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La Festa prize game is over
Date: 2009-06-23 00:01:00
La Festa cunsomers' prize game came to an end and the big Voga Hunt is over too, in which La Festa took part as a collaborative partner. Within the Compass...
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CIES: abudance in food, yet 40 percent is never eatean
Date: 2009-06-22 00:23:00
The 53rd World Food Business Summit in New York City, gathered 660 CEOs and senior managers of the world's food and consumer goods retailers and manufacturers, from 44 countries for...
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Retails aiming to increase less than expected
Date: 2009-06-22 00:22:05
Retail companies are not planning to add the 5 percent VAT-rate increase to all their prices, to be introduced on 1st July – companies interviewed by MTI pointed out. The...
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Bus-tourism may see a 15 percent increase this year
Date: 2009-06-22 00:22:00
Bus-tourism is more popular than ever all over Europe, and this tendency is already visible in the Hungarian foreign trade trends as well – an article by Világgazdaság states. A...
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Newbies by Főgáz
Date: 2009-06-22 00:21:02
Budapest gas-company Fővárosi Gázművek and E.ON have just announced their newst innovative product, a broiler working by gas within the compass of a press conference on 17th June. The new...
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New Tesco-hipermarket in Hajdúszoboszló
Date: 2009-06-22 00:21:00
The newest member of the Tesco retail-chain has opened on 19th June. The new, 5 thousand square metre building is open ever day of the week. The new store in...
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Sió Prémium brand communicated by Creative Partners
Date: 2009-06-22 00:20:00
Sió-Eckes Ltd, producer of Sió fruitjuices, has launched a creative tender to communicate the brand Sió Prémium. The winner of the tender is Creative Partners agency. The brand Sió Prémium...
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Smurf-success by Spar
Date: 2009-06-22 00:13:00
The SPAR point-collecting game and the smurf-figures have been rather successful in the past few months, they are now even available for auction on various community portals. This shows that...
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Travel agency liquidated due to insolvence
Date: 2009-06-22 00:10:00
MKEH, the office in charge of Hungarian commercial authorisations has legally cancelled the acivity of the travel agency called 5 Kontinens Travel Agency Ltd. – as announced on the official...
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European farmers expecting EU to stabilize dairy market
Date: 2009-06-22 00:06:00
European Union leaders called on the European Commission to study how to stabilise the dairy market, and put a halt to falling prices of import dairy products in Europe. Austria,...
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Wal-Mart opens high-efficiency store in California
Date: 2009-06-22 00:01:00
Wal-Mart has opened a new store in Sacramento, California which is said to be one of their most energy efficient stores in the U.S. With the opening of this new...
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Eu `Vend Cologne: 300 exhibitors and 5000 visitors are expected
Date: 2009-06-19 01:14:00
Hungarians spend 30 billion HUF per year on food purchased from food machines. 35-40 thousand food machines are working in Hungary. The fair of the trade sector, w named Eu'Vend...
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Most of the Hungarians do not plan going on holiday longer than 5 days in a year
Date: 2009-06-19 01:09:22
According to the National Media Analysis of GfK Hungária and Szonda Ipsos, 76 percent of the Hungarians stated that they did not have any holidays in the past year. The...
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Smart scales offer wine to cheese
Date: 2009-06-19 00:57:34
The intelligent, computer-controlled scales, now appeared in Hungary not only shows the weight of the goods, but also recognizes, what they are; showing how many calories are in the purchased...
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